this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has now passed ten thousand a leading government scientific adviser says the outbreak in britain may be the worst in the region. the uk is likely to be one of the worst if not the worst affected in europe. the british prime minister, borisjohnson leaves hospital to continue his recovery a week after he was admitted following his testing positive for coronavirus. spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus rises by 619, having fallen for three days in a row. the us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world more

than 20,000 people have now died. in his easter message pope francis has delivered a prayer for those affected by the pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people worldwide. and the legendary british motor racing driver, sir stirling moss, has died aged 90. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start with some breaking news. the official figures of the number of recorded deaths in the uk passes 10,000. this comes as the british prime minister borisjohnson has been discharged from hospital.

spain's daily death toll rises by 619. that was after falling for three days in a row. the total there 110w three days in a row. the total there now 16,972. in the united states the death toll has overtaken italy as the world's highest. more than 20,000 people have died in the united states and the pope has urged people not to yield to fear over the coronavirus. 0ur health correspondent is with me now. talk us correspondent is with me now. talk us through the latest figures in the uk. we have passed that 10,000 figure now. more than 10,000 people across the uk have died after testing for coronavirus. these are patients that have died in hospital. we are still getting the figures coming through, but 657 recorded up to5 coming through, but 657 recorded up

to 5 o'clock yesterday were in england between 26 and 100 years old and 42 between 30 and 98 had no underlying conditions. we haven't got the latest number of confirmed positive cases or the number of tests that have been carried out in the past 2a hours. but we expect that information in the next hour or so. that information in the next hour or so. we were hearing from that government scientist who advises the government, saying that actually the death toll could be the worst in europe, after spain and italy saw remarkable death tolls, that would be very alarming. jeremy farrar is a member of the sage committee, it is the scientific advisory group for emergencies and he said it is possible the uk is heading towards one of worst death rates in europe. but we are coming closer, he hopes, to the number of new infections

starting to reduce. the stay at home message will be reviewed this week and we should see the number of cases coming down. 0ver and we should see the number of cases coming down. over the coming days and that will impact the number of people dying or having coronavirus. it is about pushing that curve, it is still rising, we are not expecting any overnight changes. but it is about pushing it down and it's hoped the social distancing measures will come into play. we hear of pressure on the government about personal protection equipment and ventilators and all those things, real pressure for the government to go further and faster, what progress is being made? as we

heard with alok sharma saying more deliveries are going out. priti patel said it was unprecedented times. today, the royal college of surgeons in england surveyed 2,000 members in nhs hospitals and a third say they just don't members in nhs hospitals and a third say theyjust don't have the adequate supplies to do theirjobs satisfactorily. the royal college of surgeons says doctors shouldn't risk their own health. this is echoed by their own health. this is echoed by the royal college of nursing, who said its members could refuse to treat patients as a last resort if personal protective equipment is not getting through. we hear of equipment being sent out to the nhs and organisations across the country, hundreds of pairs of goggles and masks, but it is being used at a much higher rate than normal. so the pressure is still very much on the government to get that ppe out to those who need it.

we will get more figures from the uk authorities later on the overall death toll? yes sometime this afternoon we will get an update from the department of health about the number of tests that have been carried out and the number of recorded deaths. thank you. the prime minister has now left hospital. he spent seven days at st thomas's hospital in london, being treated for coronavirus. 0ur correspondent is at the hospital for us how. correspondent is at the hospital for us now. what more can you tell us about him being discharged and what he is going to be doing next? yes, we had the confirmation from downing street in the last couple of hours, ben, didn't we? that the prime minister was discharged from st thomas's. he spent a week at the

hospital, three nights in intensive care. his case got worse on number when he had to be transferred into intensive care, because he needed to be near a ventilator. we know he didn't need a ventilator. he has now been discharged from hospital and on social media me has recorded a video of himself in downing street. so he left to hospital and went to downing street to record the video, with the words, it is hard to find the words to express my debt to the nhs for saving my life. he said the efforts of millions of people across this country to stay at home are worth it. it says, together we will ove 1120 m e it. it says, together we will overcome this challenge, as we have overcome this challenge, as we have over come so many challenges in the past. that video recorded at downing

street. we now understand he is on his way to the prime minister's official residence. we understand his fiance carrie symonds will be joining him there, as the prime minister continues to make his recover y. she also expressed her gratitude to the staff here, the medical teams treating the prime minister. she said, we cannot thank our magnificent nhs enough. the staff at st thomas' have been incredible. and to give you an idea of difficult times that she went through over the past week, as so many people who are facing loved ones in hospital, he said, she said there were many times last week that we re very there were many times last week that were very dark indeed. my heart goes out to all of those in similar situations, with family members who are in hospital. so the prime minister, we understand, now on his

way to checkers to continue his recovery. he following the advice of his medical team and he won't be work at the moment. we don't know when he will be able to return to his desk. but a huge relief that he is out of hospital. the temptation maybe to rush back to work, but it isa maybe to rush back to work, but it is a debilitating illness and he will need time to make a long—term recovery? yes, it obviously differs from patient to patient in terms of how long it takes to recover. the prime minister didn't need a ventilator, that is a very complex machine that takes over the breathing of the body, that so many people in hospitals are on in intensive care. the prime minister didn't need that intervention. so i suppose in that sense it may be easierfor him to get suppose in that sense it may be easier for him to get over this virus. but if you look at the

statement we had a couple of days ago from the hospital and downing street, in terms of prime minister's early stages of his recovery, we we re early stages of his recovery, we were told that he was able to make short walks in the ward where he was. that gives you an idea ofjust how unwell the prime minister has been and also let's not forget intensive care, stating the obvious, it is the place where the most serious and ill patients are taken. it will take him time to recover and he will be following the advice from his medical team. but no doubt boris johnson will be monitoring what is going on i suppose, talking to colleagues, but he won't be officially working until he has fully recovered. thank you very much. just to recap what we were saying about what boris johnson

much. just to recap what we were saying about what borisjohnson is saying about what borisjohnson is saying on twitter, actually on social media. this is the page from the prime minister. he says, it is ha rd to the prime minister. he says, it is hard to find the words to express my debt to the national health service for saving my life. the efforts of millions of people across this country to stay home are worth it. together, we will overcome this challenge, as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. there isa many challenges in the past. there is a video clip attached to that, that we will wing you. he said we are making progress in this national battle. he said it could have gone either way for him while he was in hospital in st thomas'. joining me now is katy balls deputy political editor at the spectator. that message we have heard from the prime minister, not only thanking nhs staff, but giving an indication of how seriously ill he was, when

help said it could have gone either way for him. yes and also hearing from his fiance, carrie symonds, about the dark nights she had gone through. there was a sense among those closest to boris johnson through. there was a sense among those closest to borisjohnson that it was touch and go when he was first admitted to intensive care and that first night in intensive care. there was slowly signs that he was improving as the week went on. the fa ct improving as the week went on. the fact that he was moved out of intensive care on thursday was seen asa intensive care on thursday was seen as a best case scenario, given how the week began. that was as good as many hoped it would get. having been through all that, he will now clearly need a lot of time to make a longer term recover y. people are talking about weeks? yes, i don't think anyone want to put a specific time on it. i think the expectation is at minimum it will be a couple of weeks. if you look at what p

happened at first, boris johnson tried to work and people are worried that contributed. all the ministers in the cabinet and his close aides wa nt to in the cabinet and his close aides want to give him as much time as they can and the day—to—day running of government, there are instructions in place. dominic raab is the deputy, but he is overseeing the prime minister's plans. how effectively do you think those structures a re effectively do you think those structures are work something there? there was questions about how dominic raab was deputy prime minister, do you think it has worked reasonably smoothly in boris johnson's absence? yes, there have been reports of sniping among some cabinet ministers throughout the course of pandemic, but i think the prime minister entering hospital was enough to make everyone stop in their tracks. dominic raab is

someone who some in the conservative party have reservations about. but he has impressed as the deputy, because he is not saying he is boris johnson, but saying it its collective cabinet responsibility and he is not trying to overstep hissed role. 0verstep his role. in the longer term there are big decisions that it will be difficult for raab to make, such as on the exit strategy. the hope is by the time they get there, the prime minister can at least play some role remotely, if he is not fully back at work by then. it must be to frustrating for the prime minister, to be the leader of a country that ata time to be the leader of a country that at a time of acute national crisis, but not able really to do that much, he needs to recover and take some time, certainly the next few weeks

it seems. yeah, i think that those close to borisjohnson will have probably a difficult job close to borisjohnson will have probably a difficultjob in a few weeks trying to get him to keep resting. all his personality that we know of is that he wants to be at the front of this and he will be wanting to take on that role. but it thatis wanting to take on that role. but it that is balancing act. for now there isa that is balancing act. for now there is a real effort to show he doesn't need to be right there. when you get to decisions about a potential change in strategy, that is the kind of decision the prime minister wants to personally make and also a decision i don't think cabinet ministers would feel comfortable making. it is about getting to point where you can bring that person back in. for all the advice they're getting from the scientists, which is clear lay huge amount, in the end that will be a political decision, because it is about trade—offs. .

yes, if you're looking for a route back to normality, that is some difficult decision about how you get the economy moving, how you don't lose certainjobs the economy moving, how you don't lose certain jobs and the levels of unemployment being forecast and juggfing unemployment being forecast and juggling that with the pressure on the nhs. whatever happens it will be a difficult decision and people in some areas will be negatively affected. so it is something you wa nt affected. so it is something you want the person who who lead it is party to make. if you look at dominic raab's role. is not as though he stepped in as a prime minister. there are limits to the powers he has. it is very much that he is there in a holding pattern to keep the show on the road while the prime minister's away, rather than to act as the prime minister. katie balls thank you. as we were saying the prime minister has put out a

message on twitter that we will bring you in a second. he is saying is it is hard to find words to express to the nhs for saving his life. he said it could have gone either way while he was in hospital. he said we are making progress in what he calls this national battle against the coronavirus. good afternoon. i have today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved many i life. no question. it is hard to find words to express my debt.

borisjohnson there in that video statement released on twitter a short time ago after his week in hospital. in which he was in intensive care, looking remarkably strong there and addressing the nation with those words, thanking the nhs staff in particular who had stayed by his side, those two nurses who had kept him going with oxygen

on that particular night, where he felt it could have gone either way and that they had in his words saved his life no, question about that. so that was the latest from the prime minister. he has now been released from st thomas' hospital in london and he will continue his co nvalescence and he will continue his convalescence after being in downing street this afternoon. in spain another 619 people with coronavirus have died. the rise comes after spain recorded its lowest increase in deaths yesterday. the country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic, has now recorded just under 17,000 deaths associated with covid—19. guy hedgecoe gave us the latest from madrid. yes, i think it is very disheartening, this figure today, 690 more deaths. that is over 100 more

than were registered yesterday, which you mentioned, was a relatively low figure yesterday was the lowest since march 23 and i think there are a lot of people thinking that perhaps a major corner had been turned yesterday.. there are some statistical reasons that might be somehow distorting these figures at the moment and that is possible because of the easter holidays. it might be delaying how local authorities are reporting the figures. i think there has always been a suspicion that the figures over this easter holiday might not be entirely reliable. i think tomorrow we will get a much clearer idea as to the real situation regarding the deaths and if you look at the number of new infections, they have come down again today, to just over 4000. overall the feeling is that the overall trend, the overall trajectory is still encouraging, but the figures today are rather worrying. this week the european union finally

agreed a package to help stem the tide of unemployment in the eurozone with a 500 billion euro rescue package. this pandemic has re opened economic divisions from the last debt crisis between the north and the south in particular with italy's prime minister guiseppe conte telling the bbc that it risks failing as a project. let's speak now to helle thorning schmidt, who was prime minister of denmark from 2011 to 2015. thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts about the impact of the this coronavirus crisis on europe and the european union? well, first of all, i think we have to see it in two halves if you wish. the first half has been appalling, the member states of eu commission, the who and they realised it was a disaster too much too late. 0ne

reason is health is not a real competence for eu. it is something that member states deal with themselves. the other thing was that when they finally realised there was a disaster looming, they started act ing for themselves and hoarding special equipment and putting an export ban on ppe and then they, the border controls without co—ordinating with each other. the first half has of this hz not been pretty and where solidarity was needed, each member state was thinking about themselves. i think they failed the first half of the coronavirus test. in some ways, we have seen very different results in different countries. for example, germany, which seems to be very far advanced in term of testing, has a lower death rate than in countries like spain and italy and the uk?|j think like spain and italy and the uk?” think there are many reasons behind

that. first, it is a different health care. i think the germans have much more ventilators than they have much more ventilators than they have in the uk and also spain and italy per capita. so they could roll that out. they have a different test strategy and they have closed as many of the member stapts have. —— states have. this is the first half, where member states didn't show up and didn't show up and didn't show solidarity with each other. they have still a second half of the coronavirus, the exit, where they can still manage to show up. i was encouraged on thursday when ministers finally agreed on a big rescue package, 540 billion euros, thatis rescue package, 540 billion euros, that is a lot of money and that will be rolled out in april, may and june. we are now hearing that member states actually are helping each other. let's remember on 28th february, italy asked other member states for help and they literally

got silence in return. so this is not so much a failure of european commission, yes, they should have reacted before, but it is a failure of european sol solidarity. when we expected them to act as one, they act for themselves. i think that is very sad to see that european solidarity couldn't be invigorated in the crisis. thank you. as we mentioned, the united states has now overtaken italy as the country with the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died in the us. new york state has become the centre of the outbreak, accounting for around half of those deaths. the state's governor andrew cuomo described the figures as ‘horrific‘ but pointed to a stabilisation

in the number of new deaths. we're going through a difficult time, we have seen a lot of pain a lot of loss. again last night, we lost hundreds of new yorkers to this terrible disease. it has been disorientating, people are suffering, people are afraid, people are anxious. they're under stress. every where they turn. normally you go home for solace and peace. but it is even difficult at home in this period with so many questions. christians around the world are celebrating easter despite restrictions that have left many people confined to their homes. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen where he hailed the heroism of front line workers.

while pope francis held the traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity.

it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer live—streamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican church, archbishop justin welby, who normally preaches from canterbury cathedral, delivered his easter message from a kitchen table at lambeth palace. he said the country should use this pandemic to change direction. we cannot be content to go back to what was before, as if all was normal. there needs to be a resurrection of our common life, a new normal, something that links to the old but is different and more beautiful.

the body of christ... in the philippines, which has also cancelled services, a church north of manila found a way of gathering its congregation together, creating a fellowship of photographs to celebrate easter. martin bashir, bbc news. the british motor racing legend stirling moss has died at the age of 90 after a long illness. he is widely regarded as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, racing in many disciplines including formula 1. our sports correspondent looks back at his life and a warning, her tribute contain and flashing images. he was described as the greatest driver never to win the world championship. but he was one of the most talented men ever to sit behind the wheel. racing ran in the family. his father alfred had raced in the 1920s and his mother competed in hill climb events. he won the british grand prix in 1955 and finished second

in the world championships. he also won the mille miglia, the gruelling thousand mile italian race, shattering the previous record time. in 1957, moss switched to a new british car, the vanwall, and once more he won his home grand prix but once more the championship eluded him. for the third year running he finished behind the argentine ace fangio. the prize slipped from his grasp again in 1958 at the moroccan grand prix. despite winning the race, he lost the crown to mike hawthorne byjust one point. moss won at monaco in 1961 but his lotus was no match for the all conquering ferraris. it was to be his last full season. in april 1962 his lotus slewed off the track at goodwood at 120 mph. moss suffered multiple injuries and was unconscious for four weeks. his racing days were over. stirling moss, good morning.

he received a knighthood in 2000, with his name still indelibly linked to the sport. i would not swap my era for now even though i would be better off, that's for sure, i am fascinated by what they are doing. technically it is amazing. but it isn't quite what it was. in 2010 he survived a fall down a lift shaft at his home but he was back behind the wheel in months and at the age of 85, he took lewis hamilton for a spin. his competitive spirit never fading. moss was a gifted driver whose preference for unreliable british cars probably cost him the championship. but he had no regrets.